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Short term forecast issued by the NWS

AT 1:06 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED AA LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ROUGHLY FROMBERRYVILLE ARKANSAS...TO FORT SMITH...TO HUGO OKLAHOMA CELLSWITHIN THE LINE WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 50 MPH.THROUGH 2:30 PM...THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVEEAST WHILE CELL MOVEMENT WITHIN THE LINE WILL REMAIN TO THENORTHEAST AROUND 50 MPH. OVERALL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIMITEDBY THE FAST MOVEMENT AND COVERAGE...HOWEVER AMOUNTS APPROACHINGONE QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HEAVIER RAINFALL THATACCOMPANIES THUNDERSTORMS. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISHFROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH MID AFTERNOON ACROSS FAT EASTERNOKLAHOMA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.